Nov 27/28 to Dec 1/2 Meteors

December 2, 2009

The past fews days have seen a combination of bad weather and/or hardware problems, hence the low number of postings the past few days. The storm that shut down the Tucson and San Diego cameras right after Thanksgiving has moved out. Bob was able to get his cameras back on the sky 3 nights ago. One of my cameras is back online but my zenith pointing camera is suffering from some water in its lens. This was probably caused by condensation. Unfortunately this will require taking the lens apart (which is the easy part, putting it back together in a usable fashion is the big unknown) or buying a new lens. So it is possible my numbers will seem a bit low for the next few days. Hopefully I can get everything back up and running in time for the Geminids.

Bob’ notes for the night of Nov 30/Dec 1 : “It was clear the entire night. The full moon severely reduced the number of meteors recorded tonight.”

… for the night of Nov 29/30 : “After two nights of clouds and rain the skies have cleared again. The bright moon affected observations until 10 UT (2am PST). The Sigma Hydrids were the most active shower tonight producing 5 meteors.”